New York Botanical Garden Photographer

New York City Eclipse Crowds

Washington DC Street Photography

I nearly always try and get to a city a little early to explore a new place and take some time to make photographs for myself, rather than working solidly and never having any recreation time.

All photos shot with the Fujifilm GFX50R and GF45mm F2.8 Lens at the Lincoln Memorial

Financial District

I'd never managed to visit the World Trade Center Oculus, and have seen so many thousands of instagram photos that I thought I knew the space. It is much much much more impressive in real life than any photo can do it justice.

The gridded window facade of the 9/11 museum and memorial is always an impressive view.

Ben Hider - Event, Food and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

One World Observatory at One World Trade Center

One World Observatory at One World Trade Center

I highly recommend visiting See Forever at One World Observatory at One World Trade Center. It's an amazing experience, starting with the elevator ride that shows you soaring above a rapidly developing New York City and ending with this spectacular sunset over all of Manhattan.

Tibetan Uprising Day in New York City - March 10, 2016

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Tibetan Uprising Day in New York City - March 10, 2016. I lived in Dharmsala for a year in 2002 - 2003 working for the Tibet Museum that managed the personal photography archive of His Holiness The Dalai Lama. It was a life changing experience, archiving and documenting the historic documents of the cultural destruction that was seen in Tibet since the middle of last century. I worked closely with the Tibetan Government in Exile and made many life long friends in the small Himalayan village known as McLeod Ganj. It's always a solemn reminder on March 10 and an opportunity for me to look back on that experience. It was particularly special to hear Robert Thurman speak this year as I have read some of his books, or attempted to wrap my head around the vast texts on Tibetan Buddhism that he has written.

Ben Hider - Event, Food and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

Tibetan Uprising Day, observed on March 10, commemorates the 1959 Tibetan uprising against the presence of the People's Republic of China in Tibet. The failure of the armed rebellion ultimately resulted in a violent crackdown on Tibetan independence movements, and the flight of the Dalai LamaTenzin Gyatso into exile.

Tibetan Uprising Day is observed primarily by organizations and individuals who support Tibet such as Students for a Free Tibet, and is often accompanied by the release of a statement by the Dalai Lama. Tibetan independence groups often organize protests or campaigns on March 10 to draw attention to the situation in Tibet.

In 2008, a series of riots and violent clashes broke out in the Tibetan city of Lhasa when monks were arrested during peaceful demonstrations.[5] The events in Lhasa triggered a nationwide uprising with protests occurring in every region. The Central Tibetan Administration estimates the number of Protests to have occurred in 2008 to be 336.

Grand Central Commuters

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Grand Central Commuters at 8:30 in the morning

Ben Hider - Event, Food and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

American Museum of Natural History

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Always a great place to visit - AMNH

"Unconditional Surrender" Kiss Statue in Times Square

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I was commissioned by Axalta to document the "Unconditional Surrender" statue by Seward Johnson that's in Times Square this weekend. They just found out that the paint used by the artist was made by them.

Ben Hider - Event and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

9/11 Memorial and One World Trade Center

9/11 Memorial and One World Trade Center in New York City